Yay! It definitely works for this scale for a tabletop quality. Bigger or smaller scales will require more or less work. I think this is a pretty decent level of work :)
Thanks for this. Have done similar with the same models very recently. The look good en masse on the tabletop. Look forward to seeing the other types of units painted up.
Thanks! This may be my favourite 10mm project so far, although I’m still just starting. Might change my mind after a few more units :) Have any videos pics of yours? I always love seeing stuff similar to what I’m doing.
If you have detail brushes with a good tip, it's easy peasy! I am loving this scale. Of course you don't get the characterful sculpts you get in 28mm, but they are definitely not blobs and look good all done up together.
Great little tutorial Justin. Those sculpts are amazing and your painting is incredibly neat. I am not sure if I would struggle seeing these little buggers. Thanks for sharing What size are the bases you are using to mount the 4 finished troops on?
Thank you! I'd say give it a go. I quite enjoy this scale. I just painted 30 French Line over the course of, what, three sessions? A few hours total. I am using 20x20mm squares for these units. I think it spaces them out nicely. They would have looked even better at 20x25mm with a frontage of three, for sure, but time/money constraints (too many other projects to work on :)) mae this make more sense.
Excellent video, I am painting the same figures not having painted 10mm before and I am constantly rewatching the video, it has been a great help. Can I ask why you added the null oil wash when you did after the blue and red rather than at the beginning directly after the primer?
Hey Keith, glad my video is of some use. Great question! I figured that instead of painting with two different blues and reds I would just use the one, have it darkened by the Nuln Oil, and then a quick flick of the same colour to give it some highlights. It also gave the bedroll/blanket the wash I wanted it to have. I originally also painted the pants white before the wash, but found that didn't do what I wanted it to. Does that all make sense? Have you tried it the other way around?
@@ten4miniatures Thanks for the info, my original idea was to prime in white then apply a Nuln oil shade first, but for this batch I have decided to follow you, it is all a bit experimental anyway. I was also planning to just work in base coat with a bit of shading, but I am getting on a bit and a combination of shaky hands and dodgy eyesight (even with a head mounted magnifier) means that a fair bit of retouching will be needed anyway, so I might add some highlights then. A couple more questions if I may, what brushes are you using, particularly for detail work such as the red collars? I used a Windsor & Newton series 7 00 but still managed to spread the red fairly liberally, but that might be down to the aforementioned shaky hands. Additionally I noticed that you were using the P3 colours a fair bit, I have not come across them before how do you rate them? I probably made a mistake in using Humbrol acrylic for the blue coats and it seems to have obscured the detail a little, but again that might be down to the eyesight. I have also left a bit of a hostage to fortune by painting the whole battalion of 32-40 figures (exact number to be decided when it comes to basing), so that means doing the fusiliers, voltigeurs, grenadiers and command together, which means that I have to change gear fairly often during the painting to accommodate the slight variations in uniform. I also did a bit of research on the 'water bottle' and like you couldn't find much about it, as it doesn't appear in many pictures. I did see a couple of re-enactor images with a bulbous glass bottle contained in a straw holder, an bit like those bottles of wine people used to bring back from Spanish holidays, so given that they are French troops it could possibly be for a wine ration. I also found that the roll on top of the rucksack is the troops greatcoat rolled up rather than a blanket, although I suppose that on campaign the greatcoat might well have doubled as a blanket.
As part of my research into the uniform painting I came across the link below that shows something very like the bottles seen on the models. As you can see they seem to be straw holders containing a green bottle. So as you surmised I think they might be containers for water (or wine). Hope this is of dome interest. www.napoleon-series.org/military-info/organization/France/Infantry/Line/c_Reeselineinfantry.html
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Good and helpful video. I like the way you painted a stick for each stage to show what and how you had done each step.
Great video! I only painted 28mm miniatures before for ttrpg and wargames, your video was a great find! Lovely paintjob and explanation.
Great paintjob... looking forward To the next 10mm video 👍🙂
Thank you! I've got a Time For a Little Naps update coming as soon as these guys are based.
Thanks for the tutorial Justin. If I ever paint Naps I’ll come back to this.
Yay! It definitely works for this scale for a tabletop quality. Bigger or smaller scales will require more or less work. I think this is a pretty decent level of work :)
That is some wonderful looking miniatures,
Thanks a lot! I think they’re turning out great for the tabletop.
Thanks for sharing, sounds very similar to when I painted 15mm Napoleonic miniatures
Yes, I would imagine that 15mm would be quite similar. I almost went with 15/18mm years ago.
Really nice. Great job
The round things are indeed water bottles or rather gourds being used as water bottles.
+1 gourds, a natural ochre color, other times...the green bottle weave-wrapped in protective rope, as described.
Great job on the French infantry Justin, they look really good
Thank you! Pretty simple, but effective for this scale.
I can't wait to start painting mine now 😃😃
Great video, thanks for the inspiration 👍
Wonderful work Justin. Nice process for painting 10mm.
Thank you! “Easy peasy wins the race!”
Fantastic job mate! Absolutely beautiful! Would fit right in in a museum!
Very nice Justin, I have said this a thousand times, but I have no idea how you paint detail on 6mm, all the best Garry
good eyes , or a good magnifier !
Thanks for this. Have done similar with the same models very recently. The look good en masse on the tabletop. Look forward to seeing the other types of units painted up.
Thanks! This may be my favourite 10mm project so far, although I’m still just starting. Might change my mind after a few more units :) Have any videos pics of yours? I always love seeing stuff similar to what I’m doing.
Impressive paint brush, well done!
Thanks :)
Good tutorial Justin. I’ve never painted anything at this scale and it’s interesting to see how it’s done. 👍
If you have detail brushes with a good tip, it's easy peasy! I am loving this scale. Of course you don't get the characterful sculpts you get in 28mm, but they are definitely not blobs and look good all done up together.
Great little tutorial Justin. Those sculpts are amazing and your painting is incredibly neat. I am not sure if I would struggle seeing these little buggers. Thanks for sharing
What size are the bases you are using to mount the 4 finished troops on?
Thank you! I'd say give it a go. I quite enjoy this scale. I just painted 30 French Line over the course of, what, three sessions? A few hours total.
I am using 20x20mm squares for these units. I think it spaces them out nicely. They would have looked even better at 20x25mm with a frontage of three, for sure, but time/money constraints (too many other projects to work on :)) mae this make more sense.
Excellent video, I am painting the same figures not having painted 10mm before and I am constantly rewatching the video, it has been a great help. Can I ask why you added the null oil wash when you did after the blue and red rather than at the beginning directly after the primer?
Hey Keith, glad my video is of some use. Great question! I figured that instead of painting with two different blues and reds I would just use the one, have it darkened by the Nuln Oil, and then a quick flick of the same colour to give it some highlights. It also gave the bedroll/blanket the wash I wanted it to have. I originally also painted the pants white before the wash, but found that didn't do what I wanted it to.
Does that all make sense? Have you tried it the other way around?
@@ten4miniatures Thanks for the info, my original idea was to prime in white then apply a Nuln oil shade first, but for this batch I have decided to follow you, it is all a bit experimental anyway. I was also planning to just work in base coat with a bit of shading, but I am getting on a bit and a combination of shaky hands and dodgy eyesight (even with a head mounted magnifier) means that a fair bit of retouching will be needed anyway, so I might add some highlights then.
A couple more questions if I may, what brushes are you using, particularly for detail work such as the red collars? I used a Windsor & Newton series 7 00 but still managed to spread the red fairly liberally, but that might be down to the aforementioned shaky hands. Additionally I noticed that you were using the P3 colours a fair bit, I have not come across them before how do you rate them? I probably made a mistake in using Humbrol acrylic for the blue coats and it seems to have obscured the detail a little, but again that might be down to the eyesight. I have also left a bit of a hostage to fortune by painting the whole battalion of 32-40 figures (exact number to be decided when it comes to basing), so that means doing the fusiliers, voltigeurs, grenadiers and command together, which means that I have to change gear fairly often during the painting to accommodate the slight variations in uniform.
I also did a bit of research on the 'water bottle' and like you couldn't find much about it, as it doesn't appear in many pictures. I did see a couple of re-enactor images with a bulbous glass bottle contained in a straw holder, an bit like those bottles of wine people used to bring back from Spanish holidays, so given that they are French troops it could possibly be for a wine ration. I also found that the roll on top of the rucksack is the troops greatcoat rolled up rather than a blanket, although I suppose that on campaign the greatcoat might well have doubled as a blanket.
As part of my research into the uniform painting I came across the link below that shows something very like the bottles seen on the models. As you can see they seem to be straw holders containing a green bottle. So as you surmised I think they might be containers for water (or wine). Hope this is of dome interest.
www.napoleon-series.org/military-info/organization/France/Infantry/Line/c_Reeselineinfantry.html
Nice painted in this small scale. I guess no 3 highlights..😁
Hah, definitely not! I’m sure they would look GREAT like that, but...